Example Sentences

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"If netball decide to make a men's league, I'm up for it. Scottish Thistles - I'm in."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023

The top two teams from each of two groups will advance to the semi-finals, but with Jamaica also in Pool A that will be a tough task for the Thistles.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

Hearts & Thistles At Fort Lee, Va., where she is making a movie on life in the WAC.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Roof's printed programs run a back-page column of critical comments, listed under two headings, "Figs" and "Thistles."

From Time Magazine Archive

Thistles and goldenrod have grown up around it, like a thorny hedge, out of the mud.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood